Brian Luerssen

Draftbit - Visually build mobile apps.

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🚀 Launching to the public in Q1 2020
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Create, customize, launch, and iterate on your mobile app, all from your browser. Source code included.

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Brian G. Schuster
Is Draftbit best used in a special browser? I couldn't get much to work when I tried it out.
Peter Piekarczyk
Draftbit is like FlutterFlow, except its code base uses React Native behind the scenes. You own your source code, which means you can export it at any time. You can also push your code to Github and have developers build upon it. Draftbit is very customizable
Smoke Mcgeezie
I did a thorough test-drive of Draftbit, and just like all the other no-code builders, it is way more complicated and frustrating than simply writing code. The layout is horrible, the docs and tutorials are inaccurate, and the entire platform is absolutely worthless.
Caleb Dykema
My co-founder and I have used Draftbit for almost a year now, and have successfully published a powerful app to the App Store (and soon Google Play). I've listed the pros and cons below and my final decision at the end. Pros: - Once learned, the interface is straightforward and can be navigated quickly - The community is growing daily and the majority of easy-to-medium difficulty questions are already answered within it. If you have a more niche, challenging question... - Then, you'll find that the community as well as the Draftbit Admin are quick to reply and help - Great for if you are looking to create a product that is just past the MVP stage, all the way to a full-blown product - Ability to export the React Native code and work on it outside of DB Cons: - They are a newer company so you'll find some features they are still working on building out. - You have to be cognizant of bugs on their end at times. These are generally fixed quickly but it happens more often than I would like. - If you need a more complex feature, you will need to learn how to code in JS or React Native. This is the case for most/all low-code platforms, but still wanted to put this out there Draftbit has cut our time to market in half, and has saved us anywhere from $40k-$150k+ in development costs if we had decided to outsource the build. We've had plenty of hiccups and run into the common challenges and limitations of being on a low-code platform when we create more complicated features, but overall, I'd recommend them.